Poster Presentation for 4:am Altmetrics Conference, Toronto ON, CA and National Institutes of Health Bibliometrics and Assessment Conference, Bethesda MD, US

1. Research Impact Road Show:
Adaptable Impact Instruction for Campus Constituencies
Ring Number One:
Traditional
Bibliometrics
Cited Reference Searching
in WoS & Scopus
Journal Impact Metrics
Deciding Where to Publish
DORA
In 2015, the University at Albany Libraries
launched Scholars’ Archive, our Institutional
Repository (IR). A challenge for the IR staff has been
to obtain content for depositing in the repository.
At the same time, the Libraries ceased the uniform
provision of librarian-conducted citation searches
for faculty. Instead, a policy of instruction and
assistance was incorporated and a Scholarly
Metrics library guide was created. This was done to
encourage self-service citation searching, and to
provide an introduction in to the nuanced
implications of various measures of impact.
Combining the concepts of open access and
research impact in a scalable, modular “roadshow”
provided the Libraries with a tremendous
opportunity to reach out to various campus
constituencies. The Libraries developed 3 main
components to the roadshow, and began to do
targeted outreach to campus units promoting
library expertise in traditional bibliometrics
(primarily for promotion and tenure), newer metrics
and increasing research impact, and information
about open access and institutional repositories.
Librarians and staff were able to scale and modify
the roadshow depending on the audience. One or
more of the three “rings” can be discussed at length,
or all three can be touched upon in a given session.
The roadshow will continually be updated as
services are added in the future and efforts are
underway to reach higher levels of campus
administration and other potentially interested
parties.
Constituencies Reached
School of Public Health
School of Social Welfare
School of Education
Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Students
UAlbany Librarians
Regional Librarians
International Ph.D. Students and
PostDocs
New Faculty
Tenured Faculty
Additional Benefits
Librarian Expertise Now Recognized for:
Research Impact
Scholarly Communication
Bibliometrics
Altmetrics
Open Access
Public Access
Authors Rights
Copyright
Research Process
Future Plans
Added Services:
Research Data Management
Journal Publishing
New Constituencies:
Campus Administration
(President, Provost, VP
Research)
Deans and Department Heads
Graduate Student Association
Ring Number Two:
Altmetrics &
Maximizing Impact
Article Level Metrics
Author Identifiers
Alternative Metrics
Manifesto
Becker Model
Ring Number Three:
Open Access
& IR
Basic Concepts
Options for Scholarly Output
Federal Mandate Compliance
Impact of Open Dissemination
Success Stories